STORE OWNER CHARGED IN FAKE-GOODS PROBE
An Orland Park man was charged with trafficking counterfeit goods into Indiana after authorities were tipped off by a former employee at a store owned by the man, the U.S....
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FACTORY ACCIDENT KILLS FORD MACHINE REPAIRMAN
A 52-year-old Hammond man was killed Monday night while working at the Ford Motors factory after being struck by a heavy piece of equipment from a crane, officials said. Douglas...
FIREWORKS TRAGEDY: MAN’S FOOT AMPUTATED
The driver of an ice-cream truck on the West Side had his right foot amputated Tuesday after a 14-year-old boy tossed an illegal explosive device--known as an M-1000 and in...
EARLY COMMUTE TURNS DEADLY
A South Shore Railroad commuter train was cruising past a seamless row of steel mills near Portage, Ind., Thursday when a jolting sight cut the early-morning darkness: a tractor-trailer straddling...
GIRL DIES IN VAN CRASH DURING FAMILY OUTING
Three members of a Lemont family remained hospitalized Wednesday from injuries received in an accident in southern Illinois in which the 13-year-old daughter was killed when their van rolled over...
MAN CHANGING 2 TIRES WALKS INTO TRAFFIC, DIES
A 19-year-old man was killed Monday night when he walked into traffic on Interstate Highway 57 after he became upset over locking his car keys in the trunk of his...
I-355 LANES SHUT AFTER CRATE OF RADIOACTIVE PRODUCT FALLS
A container holding 400 pounds of radioactive material fell from the rear of a truck on Interstate Highway 355 near the Boughton Road toll plaza Monday, forcing lane closures for...
NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK WOULD BE 1ST IN AREA
The village is considering a proposal for a 20-acre business park that would bring to the rural area its first industrial development, a village official said this week. The park's...
CHARGES PENDING IN FATAL CAR WRECK
Police Tuesday were continuing their investigation of an accident in which a 49-year-old Frankfort man died when his car was hit by a vehicle whose driver allegedly had run a...
CAR-TRUCK CRASH KILLS WOMAN, 79
A 79-year-old St. Anne woman died Wednesday after her car hit an ice-cream delivery truck, authorities said. Annie P. Oliver was pronounced dead at 9:33 a.m. Wednesday in Provena St....